Jianwei Zeng

845 total citations · 2 hit papers
31 papers, 431 citations indexed

About

Jianwei Zeng is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jianwei Zeng has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 431 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Ecology and 4 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Jianwei Zeng's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (8 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (5 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (3 papers). Jianwei Zeng is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (8 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (5 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (3 papers). Jianwei Zeng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Netherlands. Jianwei Zeng's co-authors include Jiawei Wang, Chang Wang, Jun Lan, Wei Huang, Tzviya Zeev‐Ben‐Mordehai, Alan Brown, Rui Zhang, Shuyuan Zhang, Sisi Shan and Xinquan Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Jianwei Zeng

25 papers receiving 427 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Structural specializations of the sperm tail

2023 69 citations Miguel Ricardo Leung, Jianwei Zeng et al. Cell profile →
Structural diversity of axonemes across mammalian motile cilia

2025 22 citations Miguel Ricardo Leung, Chen Sun et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jianwei Zeng China	12	218	79	77	63	45	31	431
Juliana S. G. Fischer Brazil	10	440 2.0×	45 0.6×	73 0.9×	28 0.4×	24 0.5×	15	687
Jun Kamishikiryo Japan	14	379 1.7×	92 1.2×	83 1.1×	41 0.7×	15 0.3×	22	775
Yongjun Tan United States	11	142 0.7×	75 0.9×	26 0.3×	21 0.3×	25 0.6×	27	410
Marlon Dias Mariano Santos Brazil	10	253 1.2×	46 0.6×	35 0.5×	17 0.3×	15 0.3×	40	435
Terence P. McDonald United Kingdom	11	233 1.1×	93 1.2×	91 1.2×	36 0.6×	26 0.6×	20	481
Qing Huan China	15	566 2.6×	173 2.2×	96 1.2×	29 0.5×	6 0.1×	18	1.0k
Matthew J. Harley United States	7	244 1.1×	25 0.3×	204 2.6×	50 0.8×	20 0.4×	7	530
Junkun Niu China	14	320 1.5×	113 1.4×	103 1.3×	60 1.0×	37 0.8×	32	526
Haiying Zhong China	14	571 2.6×	38 0.5×	53 0.7×	51 0.8×	37 0.8×	39	902

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jianwei Zeng

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20 of 20 papers shown

Leung, Miguel Ricardo, Chen Sun, Jianwei Zeng, et al.. (2025). Structural diversity of axonemes across mammalian motile cilia. Nature. 637(8048). 1170–1177. 22 indexed citations breakdown →

Fu, Yong, et al.. (2025). Evolutionarily convergent mechanism of formin regulation coordinates actin polymerization in apicomplexan parasites. Science Advances. 11(50). eaea2136–eaea2136.

Zeng, Jianwei, Yong Fu, Wei Huang, et al.. (2025). Atomic models of the Toxoplasma cell invasion machinery. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 33(1). 157–170. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Meiling, et al.. (2025). Liensinine can improve vascular remodeling in hypertension through the ferroptosis-related TLR4 inflammatory pathway. Journal of Molecular Medicine. 104(1). 13–13.

Zhang, Wenyan, et al.. (2025). Estuarine morphodynamics regime shift caused by catchment reservoir: Illustration from the Minjiang River Estuary. Ocean & Coastal Management. 269. 107814–107814.

Zeng, Jianwei, Tom Beneke, Adrian Coscia, et al.. (2025). Evolutionary adaptations of doublet microtubules in trypanosomatid parasites. Science. 387(6739). eadr5507–eadr5507. 4 indexed citations

Ding, L. K., et al.. (2025). Assessment of ecological and human health risks of heavy metals in soils and Polygonatum sibiricum plants from various cultivation areas in China. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 47(5). 163–163.

Chen, Huiqin, et al.. (2024). Structure and assembly of the human IL-12 signaling complex. Structure. 32(10). 1640–1651.e5. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Laixing, Jianwei Zeng, Xueli Cao, et al.. (2024). Cas1 mediates the interference stage in a phage-encoded CRISPR–Cas system. Nature Chemical Biology. 20(11). 1471–1481. 4 indexed citations

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Fan, Jiajia, Jianwei Zeng, Xuchun Li, et al.. (2023). Multiple roles of UV/KMnO4 in cyanobacteria containing water treatment: Cell inactivation & removal, and microcystin degradation. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 457. 131772–131772. 15 indexed citations

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Leung, Miguel Ricardo, Jianwei Zeng, Xiangli Wang, et al.. (2023). Structural specializations of the sperm tail. Cell. 186(13). 2880–2896.e17. 69 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Chang, Jinsong Duan, Zhiwei Gu, et al.. (2023). Architecture of the bacteriophage lambda tail. Structure. 32(1). 35–46.e3. 23 indexed citations

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Wang, Hao, Teng Gao, Yu Zhou, et al.. (2022). Mechanistic insights into the inhibition of the CRISPR-Cas surveillance complex by anti-CRISPR protein AcrIF13. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 298(3). 101636–101636. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Chang, Jianwei Zeng, & Jiawei Wang. (2022). Structural basis of bacteriophage lambda capsid maturation. Structure. 30(4). 637–645.e3. 19 indexed citations

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Zhang, Chutian, et al.. (2022). Jiangu granule ameliorated OVX rats bone loss by modulating gut microbiota-SCFAs-Treg/Th17 axis. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 150. 112975–112975. 35 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shuyuan, Jinfang Yu, Jianwei Zeng, et al.. (2021). Bat and pangolin coronavirus spike glycoprotein structures provide insights into SARS-CoV-2 evolution. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1607–1607. 71 indexed citations

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Chen, Feilong, Beibei Liu, Jianwei Zeng, et al.. (2021). Crystal Structure of the Core Module of the Yeast Paf1 Complex. Journal of Molecular Biology. 434(2). 167369–167369. 10 indexed citations

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Zeng, Jianwei, et al.. (2021). Structure of the mannose phosphotransferase system (man-PTS) complexed with microcin E492, a pore-forming bacteriocin. Cell Discovery. 7(1). 20–20. 21 indexed citations

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Liu, Nan, Xiaolong Dong, Jianwei Zeng, et al.. (2020). Exon and protein positioning in a pre-catalytic group II intron RNP primed for splicing. Nucleic Acids Research. 48(19). 11185–11198. 9 indexed citations

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Luo, Ping, et al.. (2018). Inward-facing conformation of l-ascorbate transporter suggests an elevator mechanism. Cell Discovery. 4(1). 35–35. 10 indexed citations

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